# CVE-2026-106573: ImageMagick: Denial of service in MVG decoder

- Also known as: GHSA-QR53-HC3P-FC62
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.9.13-56, 7.1.2-31
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-10

## Affected

- ImageMagick: fixed in 6.9.13-56; from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.2-31

## Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56, a missing limit check in the MVG decoder allows a crafted MVG image to trigger an excessively long-running operation. This issue is fixed in versions 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ImageMagick, upgrade to a fixed version (6.9.13-56, 7.1.2-31) per the references below.
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## Related

- [CVE-2026-105399](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-105399.md)
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## References

- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qr53-hc3p-fc62
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c311471c4e4978494834c707b417bc033d95cc48
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/49560a1641f72a127e413b9861eca0997fde2b96
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-31
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/releases/tag/6.9.13-56

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